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an online music magazine that includes feature interviews, reviews and newsFri, 22 Feb 2019 00:58:12 +0000hourly1By: Louis Tullyhttp://lazy-i.com/2012/05/this-really-is-your-fathers-or-grand-fathers-red-sky-festival-bloodcow-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-2117
Fri, 11 May 2012 17:18:30 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2117While I can’t say much for Rascal Flatts or Def Leppard, I think it’s unfair to group Brad Paisley in with the “commerce over art” crowd. Brad Paisley is hugely successful commercially, and I’d bet dollars to donuts that that has everything to do with his inclusion, but the man also makes consistently interesting pop music. His lyrics are frequently clever and thematically challenging in ways that many indie bands would/could never approach. Especially considering Paisley’s genre, you have to tip your 10-gallon hat to someone who is writing songs for a pop country audience about multiculturalism (“American Saturday Night”), race relations vis a vis technological advances (“Welcome to the Future”), or why displaying a confederate flag is stupid (“Camouflage”). Paisley is genuinely transgressive (again, in relation to his audience), as opposed to, say, the Arcade Fire going on about shopping malls or something to a bunch of kids who think they’re Marxists because they’ve taken a comp lit course (Also looking at you, Desa). Plus, Paisley can really shred.
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Wed, 09 May 2012 13:06:51 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2113I think the Red State Music Festival would have been better off if it had never compared itself to Summerfest, which is large enough to be everything to everyone. I know a lot of people complained last year about the line-up, but what we’ve seen so far of this year lacks anything interesting. Redneck Music Festival is setting itself up to compete with free shows and state fairs, which is not a great business model.
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Wed, 09 May 2012 00:50:26 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2112Well done, Tmac.
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Tue, 08 May 2012 23:13:13 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2111I think it’s a pretty hilarious line up myself, and it’s clearly about commerce and not art, but I disagree in the sense that I do not personally know these bands and not sure where there heart is in there music.I also disagree that Maha is any different as I’m 100% positive its about commerce as well, maybe not on as large of scale but it would be a lie to say it’s not and it’s solely about art.It just seems like someone is always catering to someone whether they want to admit or not. “Money ultimately rules all” even the indie artistic bands are Pay to play these days. Someone always gets paid.
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Tue, 08 May 2012 19:23:37 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2109I don’t disagree, but what i would pay to see is T-Mac going up to all the RS lineup artists and saying that.

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Tue, 08 May 2012 18:43:42 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2107Word floated around last year that Jay-Z or Kanye were coming. That would count as commerce.
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Tue, 08 May 2012 18:22:26 +0000http://lazy-i.com/?p=8827#comment-2105“It’s not about art. It’s about commerce.”